CollectiveSin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[NWAR: Parental Advisory]

Fantastic. NWAR is fast becoming my favourite thing about Newgrounds these days. Can't wait for what comes next.

danmarkowitz responds:

Thanks a lot! It's been awesome to see it get so much love on Newgrounds. And seeing Nwar make cameos in a couple other videos and drawings has been a thrill!

[Pissed]

Pretty funny. But I don't get why "shit" was bleeped out at 0:41 when "fucking" wasn't. Unless it's some kind of inside joke. It just really confused me. I had to go back and watch this again because after the bleep I spent the rest of short wondering why it was there.

[Deadpool the Musical]

My first gripe is a minor one, but you could have left a spoiler alert in the description for anyone who hadn't seen Deadpool yet, since you pretty much sum up the whole movie in two and a half minutes.

I don't like leaving negative reviews, because I hate the idea of discouraging other artists, but as a whole, this really comes off as a cheap grab for attention by latching on to something popular instead of being original and letting your work speak for itself.
I'm not saying parodies or fanart or notafanart are lesser forms of expression (I like making fanart from time to time), but I really think that if you go down that path, there really ought to be a clear and honest depiction of appreciation or resentment in your work. Otherwise you just become another one of those "artists" on DA or IG who only get attention with bland representations of other people's work (sorry, that sounded harsh to me).

There's nothing I can say about the music that hasn't already been said (the song choice, the autotune...not a fan). But after it became clear that this was a parody, I was left wondering why a song relevant to the movie wasn't chosen instead. Like...something by WHAM! maybe? Remember, they earned that exclamation mark.

But (ending on a positive note), I'm still a fan of your work and am looking forward to your future uploads.

The rant is over.
^_^

[Giraffe]

It's so silly, but I love it. If that giraffe were on a t-shirt, I'd wear it everyday. And I've finally found a use for that kazoo I bought years ago. Now everyone at my work is singing this. Thanks for the laughs.

[Seagull Boy]

Meh. It might have been funnier to have had Seagull Boy foil the robber with some ludicrous Seagull-related abilities like pooping on his getaway car, or stealing chips from a passerby and throwing them at the robber (where I'm from, seagulls are notorious for stealing chips from people at the beach). I checked out your other videos and get that this is your kind of humour, but it's not for me. Animation was really nice, I just think that "blunt reality humour" (is that the right name for your style?) has been done to death on the net. And it kind of feels like an easy way out of making longer videos. I understand making animation is a long process, but judging from the quality of this and your other videos, it looks like you could be doing better storytelling wise.

Bassetfilms responds:

Yeah, killing the character is easy way out a lot of the time, I do feel bad about doing it so often. And I was a bit worried this specific joke was too common, but I felt I set it up well enough that it still payed off.
I'm gonna try to do some longer stuff.

Thanks for the review.

[Tiberius & Reagan]

It's a very cool idea for a series. I wouldn't mind seeing how this develops if it keeps going. I notice people have already made the connection to Invader Zim, and I can clearly see it too. But (and I hate saying this), specifically it's Reagan. The similarities between Reagan and GIR are so obvious that it borders plagiarism. I think Reagan's personality needs to change. Maybe even its character design also. But that's just me. All in all, I really like this.

[ZTV News Episode 3]

The closing line caught me off guard in a wonderful way. Loved it :-)